As a pre-requisite you need to have performed the same in a Cloud Provider and generated an access key in Amazon Web Services or a Subscription ID in Microsoft Azure, depending on your choice. Check this FAQ wiki for more information on AWS. For Azure, you can access your Subscription ID from the More Services menu.

Link your account in the cloud provider from the Account menu:

For MS Azure, you can find your subscription ID here:

In Amazon Web Services, you can create a user specifically for CAL and generate the access keys:

Convert the .pem key first, using PuTTYGen (downloaded with PuTTY installation package). This will generate a .ppk file. Save it in a secure folder.

Back in PuTTY, go to Auth-> Select the .ppk you generated.

In session, use vhcalhxedb as the address and click on Open to connect:

Log in as root:

If you are using an Apple computer, open a terminal (Finder -> Applications -> Terminal)

Run the following command in the terminal, replacing the .pem file, username and IP by the one in your virtual machine:

ssh -i /path/my-key-pair.pem root@vhcalhxedb

Step 5: Change the XS Advanced user passwords

Once in the console, you will need to change the passwords for users XSA_DEV and XSA_ADMIN.

Switch to user hxeadm first and then log in to the SQL prompt with user SYSTEM:

hdbsql -i 90 -d systemdb -u SYSTEM

You will be prompted for a password. Enter the password you set up in the second step. Now, replace the password below by a password of your choice. Do not think too hard and avoid special characters, you will be prompted to change it upon your first log in using a graphical interface:

Note: You can optionally download the CLI using the download manager. You can get the download manager from the HANA Express download site after you register. Choose clients.zip to download it. If you downloaded the CLI and are connecting from your local computer, replace localhost with vhcalhxedb

As follows:

You will be prompted for your password and then for the space. This is the password you setup in the previous step. The space in this case will be SAP. Command xs apps will show you which services are ready:

Alternatively, you can check the Web IDE in URL https://vhcalhxedb:53075/ (using user XSA_DEV).

If you get an error message indicating that the certificate is self-signed, proceed to log in:

Note:The first time you use users XSA_DEV or XSA_ADMIN, you will be prompted to change the passwords.

If the service is still loading, you will get the following 503 Service Unavailable error message:

Step 7: OPTIONAL: Stop additional applications

The instances in the Cloud Appliance Library have additional applications pre-installed and ready for you to use. If you are not planning on using them, you can free up resources from the Administration Cockpit:

In a separate incognito window, open URL https://vhcalhxedb:51015/ and log in with user XSA_ADMIN. Open the Application monitor:

You will see the applications that are currently running. You can stop, restart, check the logs and find out the URL from this interface too. If you will not be using, for example, the SHINE model or the Enterprise Architecture designer, you can stop them using the stop icon. You can turn them on again at any time with the Play icon: